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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Badminton 4 Square
At this website, find ideas for a gym-class badminton activity. The modified version of badminton described here is very similar to 4-square and is accompanied by ideas for modifying the game-play.
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Pe Central: Best Practices: Jingle Bell Jog
Hold a "Jingle Bell Jog" during the holidays and raise money for your community. This website describes an activity students and adults of all ages can participate in.
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Pe Central: Best Practices: Jingle Bell Jog
Hold a "Jingle Bell Jog" during the holidays and raise money for your community. This website describes an activity students and adults of all ages can participate in.
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Pe Central: Instant Activity: Spongebob Squarepants Tag
Here is a variation of tag based on the popular cartoon "Spongebob Squarepants." Includes a simple way of randomly assigning who plays "it" during the game.
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Pe Central: Aerobics: Dance Project
In groups, students invent and practice a dance to be part of a larger aerobics routine. Also, students must evaluate their project, explain the roles each team member had in the creation of the routine, and write a creative paper...
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Pe Central: Mini Golf
Introduce students to golf-putting through a fun game of miniature golf. Build a nine or eighteen-hole golf course in the gym using gymnastic mats, carpet squares, and drinking cups. Then have students, in groups, play the entire course...
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Pe Central: Team Target Golf Chip
Practice chipping golf balls and aiming at a target. Learners able to chip a golf ball are ready to hone their accuracy. Teachers set up hula hoops 10 yards away from students and have learners, in teams, attempt to chip the ball into a...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Wally Badminton
This activity fuses badminton with basketball. Teacher, use this activity as part of a gym-class instructional activity to help students improve their badminton skills and accuracy.
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Pe Central: Toss and Hit (Striking)
Through this activity, students work in pairs and practice striking balls of various sizes with different types of bats. A great lesson to precede a gym unit on baseball, "Striking - Toss and Hit" can be modified for use in elementary...
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Pe Central: Basketball Mania
In this activity, students practice dribbling a ball and making shots from different zones, varying in distance from the basket. Includes ideas for "keeping score" and varying the activity.
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Pe Central: Soccer Golf
Learn about the rules of golf before every handling a golf club. This website provides guidelines for "Soccer golf," a game through which students can learn how to play golf by using their feet and soccer balls rather than clubs and golf...
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Pe Central: Macarena Basketball Review
Students review basic basketball skills-- dribbling, faking, shooting, and chest-passing-- while moving to the beat of music. This website includes a description of the activity as well as ideas for varying the lesson and assessing...
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Sailing
Curriculum teaching the skills necessary to understand the sport of sailing. Website includes suggested readings, lecture notes, and video demonstrations.
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Fencing
A curriculum intended to teach beginners the sport of fencing. Includes a calendar of activities, readings, and video demonstration for the course.
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Archery
A curriculum to introduce the sport of indoor target archery. The course includes lecture materials, calendar of activities, suggested reading, and video demonstrations that emphasizes the care and use of equipment, safety, techniques,...
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Scuba
A curriculum to provide students with the skills necessary to take the certification exam to become a certified SCUBA diver. This course in for beginners and includes a calendar, lecture notes, assignments, and video demonstrations.
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Weight Training
An introduction course to weight lifting focusing on proper technique and understanding the biomechanics involved in the exercises. Curriculum includes a calendar, lecture notes, suggested reading, and video demonstrations.
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Mit: Open Course Ware: Tennis
A curriculum to introduce the basics of tennis as a sport. Course focuses on the basic stroke techniques with drills to give students a working knowledge of single and double tactics. Curriculum includes a calendar of activities,...